[Internal medicine aspects of acquired immune deficiency syndrome]

An overview has been attempted of the internal complications, including infections, malignancies and other HIV-associated diseases, in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and a comparison made between international data and our own experience in Austria. Moreover, the current therapeutic options of opportunistic infections and malignancies, their results and complications are given. Although the number of patients with AIDS in Austria is still relatively small and conclusions can be drawn only with caution, it seemed that our patients differed from international statistics not only concerning their distribution within the defined risk groups, but also with regard to the occurrence of infections and other diseases. The present analysis has to be viewed, therefore, as only an interim report of the internal manifestations of AIDS in patients from Austria until the data from larger numbers of patients are available.